dnl| the standard version of xboard.
dnl| define second argument as VERSION.PATCHLEVEL. e.g. 4.4.0j
-AC_INIT([xboard],[4.7.0],[bug-xboard@gnu.org])
+AC_INIT([xboard],[master-20130224],[bug-xboard@gnu.org])
dnl| need this to be able to compile some files in a subdir (filebrowser)
AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
CFLAGS="$SAVE_CFLAGS")
-dnl | check for cairo and librsvg
+dnl | check for pkg-config
+AC_CHECK_PROGS([PKGCONFIG], [pkg-config], pkgconfig_not_found)
+AS_IF( [test "x$PKGCONFIG" = xpkgconfig_not_found],
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find pkg-config! Please install it.]))
+dnl | check for cairo and librsvg
PKG_CHECK_MODULES([CAIRO], [ cairo >= 1.2.0 librsvg-2.0 >= 2.14.0 ])
AC_SUBST(CAIRO_CFLAGS)
AC_SUBST(CAIRO_LIBS)